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Napoleon and Russia / Michael Adams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adams, Michael, 1972-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821--Military leadership.
- Napoleon.
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns--Russia.
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
- International relations.
- Command of troops.
- France--Foreign relations--Russia.
- France.
- Russia--Foreign relations--France.
- Russia.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 596 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Hambledon Continuum, 2006.
- Summary:
- Tells the story of Napoleon and his crucial relationship with Russia, from the 1790s and Bonaparte's rise to power, through the period of Austerlitz, Tilsit and the Russian invasion, to the Emperor's fall and its aftermath.
- Contents:
- 1812 and All That xix
- 1 Revolution and War 1
- 2 Unintended Consequences 27
- 3 The World Turned Upside Down 41
- 4 Alexander and Amiens 57
- 5 Russia's Road to War 73
- 6 Austerlitz 87
- 7 Prussia's Gambit 115
- 8 The Bloodbath in the Snow 131
- 9 Friedland 157
- 10 Tilsit 177
- 11 At the Crossroads 189
- 12 Death of an Alliance 223
- 13 War or Peace? 253
- 14 The Greatest Enterprise 271
- 15 Invasion 297
- 16 Moscow 333
- 17 Retreat 373
- 18 The Russians March West 413
- 19 Disaster in Germany 447
- 20 On to Paris! 489
- 21 A New, Old Europe 523
- 22 Napoleon, Russia and Europe 545.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [551]-571) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1897 Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1852854588
- 9781852854584
- OCLC:
- 71285616
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